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9M - Mirek, 9V1XE (VK3DXI) will be active (mainly on CW on the usual
IOTA frequencies) as 9M8DX/2 from Penang Island (AS-015) between 13
and 15 March. QSL via 9V1XE (Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace,
Singapore 806908).
A5 - Dimitri, RA9CO plans to operate (on all bands CW and SSB) as A52CO
(hopefully) from Bhutan on 15-21 March. His main activity will take
place during the Russian DX Contest (from 12 UTC on 17 March to 12
UTC on the 18th). QSL via UA9DD (P.O. Box 69, Ekaterinburg, 620073,
Russia). [TNX The Daily DX]
EA - Pepe, EA5KB plans to be active again from EU-151 on 10 March. Look
for him on 12, 17 and 15 metres (21260 kHz). He will be QRV for
Asia around 8 UTC and for North America around 14 UTC. QSL via
EA5KB.
HK0_mal - Pedro, HK3JJH will be leaving for another trip to Malpelo the first
week of April. QRZ-DX (http://www.dxpub.com) Editor Carl Smith,
N4AA reports that "he will stay for 30 days this time. Please note
that Pedro does not work CW. I have been working with Pedro to try
and obtain some financial assistance and other support. I have
agreed to be the QSL Manager for Pedro and have made arrangements
to have QSL cards donated to him". If you would like to assist
Pedro in making this trip, you can send your donation to Carl, N4AA
(P.O. Box DX, Leicester, NC 28748-0249, USA); these funds will be
collected in a separate account for Pedro's expenses. Further
details are expected in due course.
JA - The Toshiba Corp. Fuchuu AMC station JA1YVT will be activated on
CW, SSB and RTTY from O-shima (AS-008) on 17-18 March. QSL via
bureau to JA1YVT or direct to JA1CKE (Yukio Hoshino, 248-1821,
Tate, Hachiouji, 193-0944, Japan). [TNX The Daily DX]
T8 - Kai, JM1LJS will be active (on 80-6 metres CW and SSB) as T88LJS
from Palau on 17-20 March. QSL via JH8DEH (Akira Miyata, 4-28-5
Minami, Nishi 23, Obihiro, 080-2473, Japan). [TNX The Daily DX]
W - Silvano, KB5GL plans to operate (on 10, 15 and 20 metres SSB) as
KB5GL/5 from Ship Island (NA-082) between 14 and 22 UTC on 10
March. QSL via KB5GL either direct (Silvano Amenta, 5028 Hearst
Street, Metaire, LA 70001, USA; contributions are welcome) or
through the bureau. [TNX KB5GL]
YB - Dayan Sianipar/YC6LAY, Lily Suryani/YB6LYS, Agustinus
Ginting/YC6JKV and Zulkarman Syafrin/YC6PLG will be active from
Mu(r)sala Island (OC-???) on 15-18 March. They plan to operate on
15 and 20 metres SSB. QSL via YC6LAY (Dayan Sianipar, P.O. Box 17,
Balige 22300, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia). [TNX YC6PLG]
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PW0S ---> The final QSO count for the recent PW0S DXpedition to St. Peter and
St. Paul Rocks was around 7,800. "The team (PY7XC, PY7ZY, PT7BZ, PY0FF)
arrived at the Rocks on the morning of February 9, finding the sea much too
rough to even consider landing", PW0S Coordinator Bill Smith, W9VA reports.
"The seas subsided enough on the morning of February 12 to attempt a landing,
and they were able to get some equipment ashore and operating by 2100Z. The
bad weather continued with high winds, lightning and rain, frequently
interrupting operations. Because of the three day delay in landing, by
February 16 the group was already way overdue getting home to their families
and jobs. Supplies were running out. The weather was such that they could
safely get themselves and equipment off the Rocks, and the sensible decision
was made to leave." The QSO count "is well below expectations", but they were
"7,800 contacts that would have not been made at all without incredible
courage and devotion to our hobby. An effort was made to spend at least a
little time on all bands and modes, including RTTY". QSL via KU9C. The web
pages for PW0S are at http://www.soutomaior.eti.br/mario/paginas/dx.htm (logs
should be available soon).

QSL ZF2LM ---> Jay, AF2C is the QSL manager for ZF2LM. Bureau cards are
welcome, direct requests should include an SASE or $1.00, no IRCs please.
[TNX AF2C]

QSL VIA IN3ZNR ---> Fabrizio reports he will start processing QSL requests
for XW3ZNR and XW3QBR (27 December 2000- 11 January 2001) after 15 March,
when he expects to receive the cards from the printer. The address for IN3ZNR
is Fabrizio Vedovelli, Via Gramsci 27, 38100 Trento - TN, Italy.

ST0P ---> DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L reports that ST0P (a "lack of
documentation" case) has been approved and cards can be submitted for DXCC
credit.

TM1Z ---> Luc, F6OYU reports this is the first special TM call legally issued
by the licencing authorithy in France since "more than one year". QSL via
F6OYU (Luc Hedoin, 1020 route de Frans, 69400 Villeranche, France).
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